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thing about this island in that it has a lake within it 

 that comes within thirty or forty feet of the main lake 

 at two points and still has no surface connection with the 

 outer body of water. The little lake within the island 

 is about half a mile long and nearly that wide and 

 is very deep. 

 Fishing in 

 Cass Lake is 

 excellent. In 

 the deep cool 

 holes and un- 

 der the shady 

 side of the 

 great reefs lie 

 g a m e y pike. 

 With the great- 

 est sort of vim 

 pickerel strike 

 at your bait 

 and it is a poor 

 fishing day 

 when one can- 

 not bring home 

 enough of the 

 fish inhabitants 



of this lake to satisfy the hungriest family. Just off of 

 Cass Lake and where one may reach it with a canoe 

 by portage is Lost Lake and if you can find it you will 

 there get some of the greatest bass fishing in this forest. 

 If you would not suspect it was a fish story I would 

 tell you of the fine string of eight bass I saw one day 



DO YOU LIKE BATHING? 



last summer, each of which weighed more than two 

 pounds, representing the success of about one hour's 

 fishing in Lost Lake. And there are other lakes and 

 lakes and yet more lakes in this forest. Bathing beaches 

 abound on Cass Lake. Two superb beaches are on Star 



Island. Nor- 

 way Beach, on 

 the south side 

 of the lake, is 

 a very good 

 bathing place 

 and all around 

 Pike Bay, a 

 great arm of 

 Cass Lake, are 

 beaches equal 

 to any. 



Motor boats, 

 canoes and row 

 boats carry one 

 to the inlet 

 where the Mis- 

 sissippi flows 

 into the lake, 

 to the old In- 

 dian mission near this inlet, to the Indian camps that 

 are along the banks of the lake during the berry season 

 and to the outlet where the Mississippi empties from 

 Cass Lake. There is no limit to the water trips that 

 may be taken in the Minnesota National Forest and each 

 leads by a beach that lures one to dip in the clear 



FINE LITTLE BEACHES SIMILAR TO THIS ABOUND IN THE 

 NATIONAL FORESTS 



THE QUIET BEAUTY OF ONE OF THE 



NUMEROUS LAKES IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS, 

 AVAILABLE FOR THE USE OF THE PEOPLE 



THE BENEFITS OF WHICH ARE 



